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Erschienen in: Drugs & Aging 3/2011

01.03.2011 | Original Research Article

Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among Finnish Non-Institutionalized People Aged ≥65 Years

A Register-Based, Cross-Sectional, National Study

verfasst von: Saija Leikola, MSc, Maarit Dimitrow, Alan Lyles, Kaisu Pitkälä, Marja Airaksinen

Erschienen in: Drugs & Aging | Ausgabe 3/2011

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Abstract

Background

The Beers criteria and their modifications are the most frequently used tools for measuring potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use among older people. The prevalence of such use in various settings has been high, but no data have been reported for an entire national non-institutionalized elderly population, nor is there information on the reimbursement costs for those medications.

Objective

To determine the prevalence of PIM use according to the Beers 2003 criteria, independent of diagnoses, among Finnish non-institutionalized people aged ≥65 years, and the reimbursement costs for these medications.

Methods

A register-based cross-sectional national study used drug reimbursement data from Finland’s Social Insurance Institution (SII). These data cover the entire non-institutionalized population aged ≥65 years in 2007. The number of persons who received reimbursements for each PIM according to the Beers 2003 criteria and the total annual reimbursement costs for PIMs were calculated. Indirect costs were excluded.

Results

Of the non-institutionalized population aged ≥65 years in Finland (n = 841 509), 14.7% (n = 123 545) had received PIMs according to the Beers 2003 criteria. Temazepam >15 mg/day was clearly the most commonly reimbursed PIM (4.4% of the population aged ≥65 years), followed by amitriptyline (2.0%) and diazepam (1.8%). The SII paid drug reimbursements of €2.9 million for PIMs, which was 0.7% of the total drug reimbursements (€421 million) for people aged ≥65 years in Finland in 2007.

Conclusions

The use of PIMs among outpatients aged ≥65 years in Finland (14.7%) was less than in several earlier large-scale studies in other countries (17–42%) and reimbursement costs were modest, mainly as a result of the limited availability in Finland of medicines identified as PIMs by the Beers 2003 criteria. However, benzodiazepines were commonly used and actions to improve medication safety should target reducing their use.
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Metadaten
Titel
Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among Finnish Non-Institutionalized People Aged ≥65 Years
A Register-Based, Cross-Sectional, National Study
verfasst von
Saija Leikola, MSc
Maarit Dimitrow
Alan Lyles
Kaisu Pitkälä
Marja Airaksinen
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2011
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Drugs & Aging / Ausgabe 3/2011
Print ISSN: 1170-229X
Elektronische ISSN: 1179-1969
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/11586890-000000000-00000

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